In re Annexation of a Portion of Porter Township
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 128, Oct. T., 1920, by Lars Johnson, W. E. Troutman and J. A. Bardo, from judgment of Q. S. Lycoming County, Dec. Sessions, 1918, No. 9, dismissing petition In re Annexation of a Portion of Porter Township to the Borough of Jersey Shore. Petition to set aside ordinance annexing a portion of Porter Township, Lycoming County, to the Borough of Jersey Shore. Before Whitehead, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 128, Oct. T., 1920, by Lars Johnson, W. E. Troutman and J. A. Bardo, from judgment of Q. S. Lycoming County, Dec. Sessions, 1918, No. 9, dismissing petition In re Annexation of a Portion of Porter Township to the Borough of Jersey Shore. Petition to set aside ordinance annexing a portion of Porter Township, Lycoming County, to the Borough of Jersey Shore. Before Whitehead, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court dismissed the petition. Petitioners appealed. Error assigned was the order of the court. The annexation proceedings are void for want of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, J.,
This appeal arises from the annexation by ordinance of the Borough of Jersey Shore of a portion of Porter Township upon petition of freeholders of the territory proposed to be annexed, pursuant to the provisions of sections 18 and 19 of chapter III, article I, of the General Borough Act of May 14, 1915, P. L. 312.
The act provides (chap. Ill, art. I), two methods of annexing territory'to a borough on petition of freeholders outside the borough: The first, by action of the court of quarter sessions, with the concurrence of the grand jury, (sections 9-17) ; the second, by…
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